Mohéli 878365 219487234 2008-06-15T13:39:12Z 86.29.240.128 [[Category:Secession]] {{Infobox Country |native_name = {{lang|fr|''Ile Autonome de Mohéli''}}{{Fact|date=March 2008}}<br/>{{lang|swb|''Mwali''}} |conventional_long_name = Autonomous Island of Mohéli{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |common_name = Mohéli |image_flag = Flag of Mohéli (official).svg |image_coat = |image_map = Mohéli in Comoros.png |national_motto = |national_anthem = |official_languages = [[Comorian language|Comorian]] (Shimwali dialect), [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[French language|French]] |capital = [[Fomboni]] |largest_city = capital |government_type = Autonomous Island |leader_title1 = [[President]] |leader_name1 = [[Mohamed Ali Said]] |area_rank = |area_magnitude = |area_km2 = 290 |area_sq_mi = <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]--> |percent_water = negligible |population_estimate = 38,000 |population_estimate_year = 2006 |population_estimate_rank = |population_census = 35,400 |population_census_year = 2003 |population_density_km2 = |population_densitymi³ = <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]--> |population_density_rank = |GDP_PPP_year = |GDP_PPP = |GDP_PPP_rank = |GDP_PPP_per_capita = |GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = |HDI_year = |HDI = |HDI_rank = |HDI_category = |sovereignty_type = |sovereignty_note = |established_event1 = |established_date1 = |currency = [[Comorian franc]] |currency_code = KMF |time_zone = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] |utc_offset = +3 |time_zone_DST = not observed |utc_offset_DST = +3 |cctld = [[.km]] |calling_code = 269 |footnotes = }} '''Mohéli''', also known as '''Mwali''', is one of the three islands which make up the nation of [[Comoros]]. Mohéli is located in the [[Indian Ocean]] off the coast of [[Africa]]. It is by far the smallest of the Comoros islands. Its population, as of [[2006]], is about 38,000. Its capital city is [[Fomboni]]. Its main ethnic group, as on the other Comoros islands [[Grande Comore]] and [[Anjouan]] as well as the French territory [[Mayotte]], is the Comorian ethnic group, a synthesis of [[Bantu]], [[Arab]], [[Malay people|Malay]] and [[Malagasy]] culture, and the main religion is [[Sunni Islam]]. ==History== [[Image:Moheli island map-general view-fr.svg|thumb|left|Map of Mohéli]] [[Image:Flag of Mohéli.svg|thumb|left|Separatist flag]] Until [[1830]] Mohéli was part of the [[Ndzuwenie Sultanate]] which also controlled [[Anjouan]], a neighbouring island. In 1830 migrants from [[Madagascar]] led by Ramanetaka, who later changed his name to Abderemane, took over the island and established the [[sultanate of Mwali]]. In [[1886]] [[France]] made the island a protectorate. Until [[1889]] Mwali had its own French [[Resident (title)#French colonial Residents|resident]], but the island was then subjugated to the residency of Anjouan. The sultanate was crushed in [[1909]] when the French annexed the island. In [[1975]], Mohéli agreed to join the Comoros nation, along with [[Grande Comore]] and Anjouan. Political, economic and social turmoil affected Mohéli and the Comoros in general. On [[11 August]] [[1997]], Mohéli seceded from the Comoros, just a week after Anjouan had done so. Mohéli's secessionist leaders were [[Said Mohamed Soefu]] who became [[President]], and [[Soidri Ahmed]], who became [[Prime Minister]]. Mohéli quietly rejoined Comoros in [[1998]]. In [[2002]], Mohéli ratified the new Comorian constitution, which provided for a less centralized federal government and more power to the island governments. It helped settle continuing political turmoil on Comoros and continuing secessionism on Anjouan. Also in 2002, [[Mohamed Said Fazul]] was elected President. His supporters won most seats in Mohéli's delegation to Parliament in the legislative elections of 2004. [[Image:Stamp Moheli 1906 2c.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Postage stamps were issued for Mohéli briefly under French rule; this 2-centime value dates from 1906.]] {{Autonomous islands of the Comoros}} {{coor title dm|12|15|S|43|45|E|region:KM_type:adm1st}} [[Category:Comoros archipelago]] [[Category:Islands of Comoros]] [[Category:History of Comoros]] [[Category:Short-lived states]] [[Category:Secession]] [[ca:Mohéli]] [[de:Mohéli]] [[el:Μοελί]] [[es:Mohéli]] [[eu:Moheli]] [[fr:Mohéli]] [[gl:Mohéli]] [[ko:모엘리 섬]] [[it:Moheli]] [[nl:Mohéli]] [[ja:モヘリ島]] [[no:Mohéli]] [[pl:Moheli]] [[pt:Mohéli]] [[sv:Mohéli]]